While I see why you would call that difficulty I do have to disagree. Now, don't take this the wrong way because I assure you I'm not making assumptions on your real life or anything so keep in mind I'm using myself as an example. I can only log in for, oh, maybe 10 hours max a week. With the old FFXI I got ZERO, nada cero. Well, a Genboobs Shield but lol.

Now with Abyssea I can finally level a job I've always wanted to level (ninja) and not feel gimp without Byakko Haidate because there are alternatives to that. I still had to be patient and wait for drops. The only difference is that now I can actually see my goal instead of hoping I'm walking in the right direction.